2016 Verizon IndyCar Preview

Team Penske teammates Simon Pagenaud and Will Power will decide who wins the Championship this weekend at Sonoma Raceway. Power comes into the weekend trailing by 43 points but with double points this race-the winner gets 100 points, second is 80 points-it is entirely possible for Will Power to pass his teammate. Last year was the first year of double points for the last race of the season at Sonoma Raceway. Scott Dixon who was in second in the points trailing Juan Pablo Montoya by 47 points won the race and came away with the championship in a tiebreaker because he had more wins during the season. This will be the 12th consecutive year that the stars of the Verizon IndyCar series visit to the Sonoma Valley.

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